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blackrams
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FEB 03, 12:17 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans |
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If it weren't for all those pumping stations, most of New Orleans would be a swamp anyway....
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williegoat
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FEB 03, 01:02 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
I mean... without doing ANY research whatsoever, I'd have to assume Florida and the Gulf is shaped the way it is *because* hurricanes over millions of years have shaped the land as it is.
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I hope you are joking. Look up the Chicxulub impact. It's what killed the dinosaurs.[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 02-03-2022).]
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rinselberg
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FEB 03, 01:30 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
It would appear that someone (in a position of responsibility) learned, listened and is doing something about it. None of us can predict accurately "Acts of God" but this effort to exercise the six "Ps" is a great indicator of good leadership. Hard to knock these efforts. |
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What are the six "Ps"?
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blackrams
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FEB 03, 01:32 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
What are the six "Ps"? |
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You had to ask?
Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
The seven Ps would be Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
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maryjane
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FEB 03, 02:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
I hope you are joking. Look up the Chicxulub impact. It's what killed the dinosaurs.
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No! (and I hope YOU are joking)
Florida formed (500+ million years ago ) way before the asteroid and was caused by the drifting of the land masses as Pangea split apart, but the platform under today's Florida was already there.
Plate tectonics formed the Gulf of Mexico.. Rifting of the region, and uplifting of that which now includes the continental US region and GoM subsidence. This happened 200-300 million years ago.
The asteroid (66 million years ago) really did little to affect it.[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 02-03-2022).]
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blackrams
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FEB 03, 03:00 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
No! (and I hope YOU are joking)
Florida formed (500+ million years ago ) way before the asteroid and was caused by the drifting of the land masses as Pangea split apart, but the platform under today's Florida was already there.
Plate tectonics formed the Gulf of Mexico.. Rifting of the region, and uplifting of that which now includes the continental US region and GoM subsidence. This happened 200-300 million years ago.
The asteroid (66 million years ago) really did little to affect it.
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Some of us know this to be true, we were there.
Rams
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maryjane
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FEB 03, 04:56 PM
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I was recently told 'You know you're old when the girls you dated in high school are all on medicare and social security".
I've outlived most of the girls I dated then and the rest are in nursing homes or insane asylums.[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 02-03-2022).]
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williegoat
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FEB 03, 05:09 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
No! (and I hope YOU are joking)
Florida formed (500+ million years ago ) way before the asteroid and was caused by the drifting of the land masses as Pangea split apart, but the platform under today's Florida was already there.
Plate tectonics formed the Gulf of Mexico.. Rifting of the region, and uplifting of that which now includes the continental US region and GoM subsidence. This happened 200-300 million years ago.
The asteroid (66 million years ago) really did little to affect it.
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I was not joking, just wro... wron... Oh, you know...the thing...
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blackrams
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FEB 03, 07:35 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
I was not joking, just wro... wron... Oh, you know...the thing... |
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I admire a man that recognizes such and appreciate the acknowledgement.
That W word is hard for many to say. 
Class Act. 
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Raydar
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JAN 12, 09:49 PM
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In consideration of the encroaching cold snap, this is worth mentioning.
"Will the Texas grid hold up in the freeze? Experts give their confidence scores."
Beth Garza – former independent ERCOT monitor
Garza said another blackout lasting for days, like it did in 2021, is unlikely. But she added that rolling blackouts lasting for minutes, even hours, is not out of the forecast.
"We don't have enough supply to meet the demand in a situation like we had three years ago," said Garza, who is now a senior fellow with the R Street's Energy and Environmental Policy Team.
The former ERCOT monitor said she would feel a lot more confident if the Texas grid was better connected to the Eastern and Western Interconnections. Texas has long resisted connecting to avoid federal oversight but, in an emergency, if Texas was better connected, it could pull outside electricity onto the grid.
"I'm not looking for federal oversight of the electricity system but there are ways to increase ERCOT's ability to draw on remote resources from outside the region," she said.
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This is the same crap that I have harped about in the past.
Local outages are going to happen whenever ice - or ice-coated trees - tear down the poles and lines. That's a given.
But there are still not enough interconnections to the "bulk electric system" (Yes, that's a real term.) aka "the national grid".
Based upon what I've heard about upgrades that have been performed, Texas is in a much better position than it was three years ago, but it still needs work.
I sincerely wish you all the best. Maybe it'll just be cold, with no ice.
(I'll still bet that none of the ERCOT bigwigs are going to be sitting in the dark. Can't have that, can we!)
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